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Hero Neighbor Saves Livingston Girl, 8, Attacked By Fox Hero Neighbor Saves Livingston Girl, 8, Attacked By Fox
Hero Neighbor Saves Livingston Girl, 8, Attacked By Fox  A Good Samaritan chased away a fox attacking an 8-year-old girl in Livingston -- sending her to the hospital Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The girl was playing near the shed of a Springbrook Road home when she was attacked by the animal around 4:45 p.m., Livingston Police Lt. Chris Reinhardt said. A neighbor who heard commotion chased the fox away, Reinhardt said. The girl was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center with several small punctures on her shins and foot, police said.  Animal control was called out to try and locate the fox.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Morris County Dad Shields Family From Savage Wolf Ripping Through Tent While Camping Morris County Dad Shields Family From Savage Wolf Ripping Through Tent While Camping
Morris County Dad Shields Family From Savage Wolf Ripping Through Tent While Camping A Morris County family's camping trip in Canada took a turn for the worst when a wolf ripped its way into their tent. A stranger who heard their cries, however, came running and is being hailed a guardian angel by the family's matriarch. "This is a hard thing to post, since I haven’t fully comprehended that it happened yet," Elisa Rispoli wrote Aug. 9 in a Facebook post with more than 32,000 shares. "Last night, while sleeping in our tent in Banff National Park, we were attacked by a wolf." "It was like something out of a horror movie." The Rispoli family, who online records show are fro…

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by Cecilia Levine